Well, it's improved, but the functionality is limited.
The only reference I can find via the GUI to administration of clones is a
"clones" checkbox under the group configuration. Tick this and specify a clone
pool, and the savesets from that group will be cloned as soon as the group is
otherwise finished. There's no further option in there to say "clone during
business hours", "specify retention period for clone" or similar. You can
specify the retention period for the clone under its pool resource, but that
seems to override the retention period of the client. So my group with 1
week's browse & retention and a clone pool with a retention period of 60 days
will give me....
D:\>mminfo -av -q ssid=1494157957 -r volume,ssbrowse,ssretent,ssid,cloneid
volume browse retent ssid clone id
CDLC002R 15/03/2006 08/05/2006 1494157957 1141836420
CDLC002S 15/03/2006 08/05/2006 1494157957 1141837566
...with the clone option checked in the group resource.
So while it looks like things are heading the right way, cloning still requires
some home-grown in order for you to feel good. This will only work for one
copy anyway, so your VTL to tape to DR is definitely going to require some
scripting if you're looking at different retention policies.
Cheers,
Stuart.
-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion on behalf of Neild, Jim
Sent: Wed 08-Mar-06 15:33
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Networker 7.3 - Staging and Cloning
This is a question positioned at people running 7.3 in production or
test. I have heard and read that Staging and Cloning has been improved
in terms of functionality (better source and destination support,
scheduling, retention periods, etc.) and integration with the GUI. I
know that clones can have different retentions, but that is about all I
can see as changed. I personally have always thought that creating home
grown scripts to perform all my staging and cloning needs has been a
band-aid on an open sore in NetWorker. I was wondering what they have
really done to improve this aspect of the product.
The angle I am coming from is the ability to perform my primary backup
to my VTL, then make a secondary copy via saveset cloning to tape, then
make a third copy via saveset cloning to our DR site. In 7.2.1 this
would require me to put together a bunch of scripts, is 7.3 able to
create staging and cloning entities to deal with this type of
conifiguration?
TIA
Cheers,
Jim
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